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Re: Dalai Lama Bird Story

Thank you Seiryu,

Remarkable teaching because once again it shows that a real teacher is not afraid of showing his or her vulnerability. True or not, that story shows how ridiculous the mind and the behaviour of an experienced sitter can be. Comforting for the teacher ? Depressing for the student? :?
You see, guys, the point is not to escape Samsara, to be clean of the daily junk, but to be able to let it fly and go as fast as it comes. And to develop a form of humour. Because it never ceases to come. Illusion is endless , so is the Buddhadharma.

Re: Dalai Lama Bird Story

Originally Posted by Taigu

Thank you Seiryu,

Remarkable teaching because once again it shows that a real teacher is not afraid of showing his or her vulnerability. True or not, that story shows how ridiculous the mind and the behaviour of an experienced sitter can be.

Re: Dalai Lama Bird Story

Originally Posted by Matto

Originally Posted by Taigu

Thank you Seiryu,

Remarkable teaching because once again it shows that a real teacher is not afraid of showing his or her vulnerability. True or not, that story shows how ridiculous the mind and the behaviour of an experienced sitter can be.

Maybe I misheard, but isn't he recounting a story from his childhood?

I sometimes recount this story, but I was sitting near the front at a conference a few years ago in which the Dalai Lama was a participant. He suddenly let out an unexpected, booking sneeze that filled the auditorium in the middle of another speaker's presentation ... the Dalai's microphone having been accidently left on. The Dalai Lama just turned red in the face, laughing with ordinary human embarrassment. It was good to see.